State of the Vortex: 2021 wrap-up

by Snyde on Mon, Jan 3, 2022

On and on it spins.

Having seen the end of it, it’s hard for me to harbor hatred from 2021 as a year. We got it over and done, and it’s not like the upcoming years are looking to be any better so one might as well surrender to the facts and keep going. Here are the vortex’s top choices for 2021: (1.) Stortregn - Impermanence Contrary to its title, Impermanence managed to hold on to the title of least disliked on the vortex since I last talked about it in July.

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State of the Vortex: Mid-year 2021

by Snyde on Tue, Jul 13, 2021

On and on it spins.

The inscrutable force known as the vortex moves at its own pace. Indifferent to the whims of the outside world, unbound by concepts such as ‘taste’, ‘trend’ or ‘culture’. Thus it has always been and thus was the case as of July 1st, 2021. From the 1854 releases logged up to that date, these are the one that managed to emerge from beneath the mire: Stortregn - Impermanence It’s strange to think that Impermanence is a rare sight in 2021, when only a few years ago, it would’ve been just a drop in the deluge of technical death metal that plagued the 2010s.

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